According to neighbours, tension began when the girl, who was a student at Mwereri Secondary School, told her mother that she was pregnant, after which the woman warned the boda boda operator to keep off her daughter.

Area Chief Norman Kiiru said the girl’s mother even colluded with police officers to have the man arrested and threatened, but he was later released, reported The Standard.

Shortly after his release, the man’s body was found dangling from a tree on Wednesday night March 30.